In my area we’ve been plagued by ‘coons. This is an established suburban ‘hood, and when it was bad they’d start wandering the streets and yards well before dusk. Groups of eight or ten or more. Plague, not an exaggeration. Pets were maimed. Birds’ nests emptied. Coon crap everywhere. Pellet rifles staunched the tide. I’m a gun-nut but never, ever hunt for sport. However, to protect my neighborhood the .177 is my tool.

Sorry fuigb, but you don’t reduce a population of racoons with a .177 air gun…....Traps by private and state trappers, then proper euthanization, transplanting or in more rural areas a .222 or 12ga. Now chipmunks, that is a different realm of fear all together!..... :-!